Farming in a Parallel World and Becoming a God
Chapter 685 - 496: Weeding and Fertilizing Technique_3

Chapter 685: Chapter 496: Weeding and Fertilizing Technique_3

Bishop and his peers, although heavily influenced by their own, have basically accepted the concept of assisting farming with natural spells, but after all, they are Druids close to nature.

For them to improve upon nature-altering spells that possess large-scale lethality, there’s still a significant conflict with the ideals they uphold.

Especially when Gaven was preparing to apply them on a large scale at the Garden Manor.

What he feared most was developing a divergence with these Druids on this matter; if things went south, support could turn into obstruction.

"The improvement was successful," not only was Bishop not as upset as Gaven had anticipated, but he was actually quite enthusiastic, saying, "It’s not just successful, it’s better than expected. We have developed not only the standard version of the Weeding Technique, but also the lesser and greater versions. Actually, it shouldn’t be called the Weeding Technique, but rather the Weeding and Fertilizing Technique, because those withering plants will become fertilizer and return to nature."

This matter also owes thanks to Ms. Luna; her unique state provided us with inspiration. By introducing just a touch of Corruption Power as a catalyst, the results turned out surprisingly well."

Gaven was unaware of the incident where the Dragon Oak Mother Tree collaborated with Lady Strategy in her Incarnation form to battle Divine Root and dragged it back to the Fairy Wilderness.

This event had a revolutionary impact on many Pikespirit Druids’ ideas, leading them to a new understanding of the Corruption Power in relation to nature.

Especially for those like Bishop, who were leading the support for Gaven in his Magic Farming endeavors on the Material Plane, this new understanding was particularly unique and clear.

Because in assisting Gaven with his massive Magic Farming ventures, not only did they not incur Nature’s wrath causing their Druidic levels to stagnate—on the contrary, they rose at an unprecedented speed.

In just half a year, Bishop advanced two Professional Levels, reaching level ten, something that was unthinkable before.

According to their original way of life, it often took them decades to advance a single Professional Level—using Gaven’s words, without action or influence on people and things, it was naturally difficult to gain experience for leveling up.

Druids are considered a faith-based profession, at least in the concept of Druids.

When their Druid levels rose rapidly, they naturally assumed that their actions were approved by nature, and their ideals were correct.

Just as Gaven had once said, nature is an immensely vast conceptual system, with all beings existing within it.

Who says the wild nature-dominated ideology is the correct one?

And who says the concept of harmonious development is wrong?

All beings in the world are parts of nature, including intelligent creatures who need to live and evolve, which is also a natural necessity.

The hundreds and thousands of Druid groups and their varying ideals also demonstrate the inclusiveness of nature.

Their concept of harmonious development isn’t even remotely extreme.

Some radical sects even advocate destruction, striving to let the desert swallow all things and reshape the world amidst ruination. They too possess Druid levels, usually quite high, because the events they cause affect so many, and are typically calamitous disasters.

"Could you elaborate on the differences between them?" Though Gaven wasn’t clear about their change in ideology, he could sense that they were not averse to the large-scale reclamation of Garden Farm, and this allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Do you know the spell Plant Withering?" asked Bishop in return.

Without hesitation, Gaven answered, "I do. It’s a third-level natural spell that reduces common plants, such as grass, brambles, shrubs, climbing plants, trees, and vines, within a sixty-meter diameter, to one-third of their original size, no longer entangled or dense, as if meticulously pruned and trimmed."

"The Weeding and Fertilizing Technique is an improvement upon this spell. Like Plant Withering, it’s a third-level spell, covering the same sixty-meter diameter, but the effect is that all plants except the chosen ones wither and die, turning into natural fertilizer.

The greater Weeding Technique is a fourth-level spell, with the spell’s diameter increasing to one hundred twenty meters.

The lesser Weeding Technique is a second-level spell, with a thirty-meter diameter."

"That’s powerful?" Gaven gasped, "Covering second, third, and fourth-level spells all in one, if you all cast with full force, wouldn’t you be able to reclaim over two hundred acres in a single day?"

A ninth or tenth-level Druid has at least four second-level, four third-level, and three fourth-level spell slots. If their Perception is high enough, they might even have additional spell slots.

When Bishop puts forth his full strength to cast the Weeding Technique, a single lesser version can weed at least one acre.

The third-level can handle four acres, while the fourth-level reaches sixteen acres.

In a single day per person, seventy acres is a breeze.

And there were three such Druids.

Even modern large-scale weeders could not match this efficiency, because these were not ordinary weeds, but land entangled with weeds, shrubs, vines, and trees at their most verdant.

If it were left to manual labor alone, half an acre a day would be the limit.

"There’s more," Bishop said with a smile, "The remaining Pikespirit Druids and experts now generally also possess three or four Professional Levels, each of them capable of casting the lesser Weeding and Fertilizing Technique once or twice a day, amounting to nearly two hundred acres. In total, managing five hundred acres a day isn’t a problem. However, just the hundred of us simply can’t cover that much land; we estimate there are at least ten thousand acres here."

The size of Garden Farm was similar to that of Weizemay Vineyard.

But it’s not perfectly square, rather, it’s shaped like an irregular goose egg.

The Pikespirit Druids’ natural spells grant them an unparalleled ability in certain aspects.

Yet, their diminutive form also puts them at a disadvantage in many tasks.

For example, in large-scale sowing, they haven’t yet developed a fitting Druid spell.

Improving existing spells is one thing, but inventing and creating entirely new spells is another matter altogether, with the latter being significantly more challenging.

At least far beyond the capabilities of Bishop and his colleagues.